| Description |
xvii, 331 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Part I. The Wealth of Nature 5 -- 1. From Natural Resources to Natural Assets / James K. Boyce 7 -- 2. "A Question of Degree": The Sanctity of Property in American Economic History / Gerald Friedman 29 -- Part II. Reclaiming Environmental Sinks 55 -- 3. Reclaiming Brownfields: From Corporate Liability to Community Asset / K.A. Dixon 57 -- 4. Building Social Capital to Protect Natural Capital: The Quest for Environmental Justice / Manuel Pastor 77 -- 5. Defending the Public Domain: Pollution, Subsidies, and Poverty / Paul Templet 99 -- 6. Information for Empowerment: The EPA's Risk-Screening Environmental Indicators Project / Nicolaas W. Bouwes, Steven M. Hassur, Marc D. Shapiro 117 -- 7. The Sky Trust: The Battle for Atmospheric Scarcity Rent / Peter Barnes, Marc Breslow 135 -- Part III. Cultivating Natural Capital 151 -- 8. White Earth: Recovering a Homeland / Winona LaDuke 153 -- 9. The Watershed Commonwealth of the Upper Rio Grande / Devon G. Pena 169 -- 10. The Lighthouse and the Potato: Internalizing the Value of Crop Genetic Diversity / Stephen B. Brush 187 -- Part IV. Out of the Woods 207 -- 11. Values, Markets, and Rights: Rebuilding Forest Ecosystem Assets / Constance Best 209 -- 12. Land and Livelihoods in the Northern Forest / Deborah Brighton 227 -- 13. Community-Based Stewardship: Reinvesting in Public Forests and Forest Communities / Cecilia Danks 243 -- Part V. Greening the Cities 261 -- 14. Can Natural Assets Help Address Urban Poverty? / Greg Watson 263 -- 15. The Chelsea River: Democratizing Access to Nature in a World of Cities / H. Patricia Hynes 277 -- 16. Poverty and the Environment: The Urban Agriculture Connection / Raquel Pinderhughes 299. |
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Environmental justice.
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Environmental protection.
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Conservation of natural resources.
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Conservation of natural resources. (OCoLC)fst00875502
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Environmental justice. (OCoLC)fst00913104
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Environmental protection. (OCoLC)fst00913324
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| Added Author |
Boyce, James K.
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Shelley, Barry G.
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University of Massachusetts at Amherst. Natural Assets Project.
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| Other Form: |
Online version: Natural assets. Washington, DC : Island Press, ©2003 (OCoLC)606956284 |
| ISBN |
155963538X (alk. paper) |
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9781559635387 (alk. paper) |
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1559635398 (pbk. : alk. paper) |
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9781559635394 (pbk. : alk. paper) |
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